Happy Birthday

My little girl has a birthday today.  OK so she is 24 but still my little girl.
We took her out for dinner at a place that has a burger on the menu named after my motor home.

Check out the third burger on the list.  Yup that's Wilbur's Burger.

And this place had a great urinal.

I guess that this is either a left or right hand flusher.

Getting ready to hit the road

Today was a day to change the oil on Wilbur and before I could do that I needed to warm Wilbur up, so I went and got a trailer load of wood chips,  and then another trailer load.   Well that was enough of a warm up for Wilbur so I drained the oil and changed the oil filter and filled it up with fresh new oil.  I am always amazed that it takes 7 quarts of oil.  And it even drips some oil between changes so it likes it's oil.

Then my son wanted to drive up in the hills to a place where we have taken guns and shot potatoes and a variety of targets.  I kind of like shooting potatoes since they are a starchy vegetables and I shouldn't eat so many.  Speaking of which I have lost 20 pounds now on weight watchers. 

My wife and my son's fiance even shot the guns.  First time for both of them to shoot anything

So tomorrow I will spend more time on Wilbur checking brake fluid and most everything else that I usually check.  Then on Saturday we plan to take off for a week or so.  This will give us a chance to see how the house sitters work out.

House sitters

Some of you know that our son moved to Phoenix, AZ a couple of years ago and now is moving back to Oregon with his fiance.   They are our house sitters for the Summer,  or however long it takes to find a place to work and live.

Almost got the car off the trailer.

Here they are after a long drive.  You can see Wilbur in the background...ready to go.

Sophie gives them the rules.

Milwaukie, OR

What in the world would make anyone want to build the statue of libery in Milwaukie?





This is one reason why we travel around looking around towns.  You never know what you will find.

And right next to the Elks lodge is a glass shop.  At least it looked like a glass shop.

And then you do need to read the signs.  Maybe the pets didn't stay out of the flowers
You can click on the pictures to make them larger.

We did have a good time at the Elks Lodge where we danced and had supper.  Only been married 36 years today.

And we walked on the Trolley Trail.

The Bomber

Today is Sophies first day unemployed, or I mean not working anymore for money.
We are on a big road trip to Milwaukie, OR probably 40 miles  from home.  The Elks Lodge is a couple of blocks from a landmark WW2 Bomber.  Take a look.

It's almost Summer

After the WIT Rally in Moses Lake, WA we have stayed around home while my wife finishes up work, I think she has one more day this week to show up at some kind of work related meeting.  And then we have been doing yard work.  I am not sure we will get the load of bark dust this week because it started raining and looks like it will be raining most of the week.  Oh well there is always next week but we plan to take off for a few days.
Maybe our house sitters could do the bark dust????????

 I still remember one day in Lincoln City, OR when we woke up to flags around Wilbur.
This is at the Chinook Winds Casino.  We are ready for a trip to the coast again.

And when Wilbur can't go anymore we might just settle down and park for a few years.

Where do you take a broken garbage truck?

Just thinking............... is it garbage???